I didn’t know about it until this summer, but it quickly became something I really looked forward to!

I tried to gather as many things shown in as many places as I can!

Thanks for watching! Since most of my books are nonfiction, I actually have them labelled and organized by their Library of Congress call numbers.

I am glad you found my ramblings interesting! I admit, I think I read more fantasy than science fiction, but my favorite author Glen Cook did both! Now, every one of his series had a wildly different feel, but the Starfishers trilogy (I talk about it here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLqYpNWZr6qscoU.html ) provides a fun combination of Norse mythology, science fiction, and spy stories, and the Dark War trilogy is science fantasy centered on a strange non-human society that fuses magic and science.

The way that forward progress in the character’s lives got erased in several of the books was a particular sore spot for me, so i definitely feel you

@@RaldorIradon I just ended the 4th book. I still don't know what comes in the next book so I am writing with what I know and with the summary of the 5th. Maybe I will change my mind after I end the 5th. The writing is amazing. Even with less fights, I still enjoyed reading this story. The suspense is there, the characters are well built. There are many turning points and I really love the fact that it's not a black/white story with the good guys vs the bad guys. Alliances come and go. You don't know what to expect in the next page. The uncertainty around Thungdil is very well made. I really liked this book, I would give it 8/10 with what comes before even if some points are worth noting. - The dragon who died 40 years before the actual story breaks the hype for a huge fight, but in the same time, is such a great fight mandatory? I mean, in a solo book I would say yes but here with 4 books, it brings some realistic vibes. Sometimes, it doesn't end the way we would like. I was shocked but not in a bad way. - Goda and Kiras don't believe that the dwarf is the real Tungdil. Ok but why? Why after all the things that he did? The only reason for Kiras is that he did not recognize the name of Sirka. That's tiny. - Boïndil could have more troubles about that because he saw the face of "Tungdil" becoming the one of a dark elve. - Many questions are not answered and it bothers me. I guess that it was on purpose and I understand. You can choose what suits you the more. But when he wrote this end, he did not know that he would write the 5th. Or didn't he? - Now for the 2 real downside for me. The first is that Lot-Ionan comes very lately in this story. He appears as the key to solve the problem but we don't see him much in the end. And the second is that I really thought that some characters died... and in fact no. At least, one of the women should have died for real.

Thanks for the video btw

He who lives by the sword (he who lives by the sword) Will surely also die!

That’s what I get for going in blind!

That would do it! Thanks for the tip

Glad you found it useful!

I am glad to hear it! Glen Cook is my favorite author, but he certainly isn't to everyone's tastes.

Thanks! I am perfectly happy to occasionally talk into the void, but it is great hearing that someone likes it!

I’ve been begging for that for YEARS! The entire world that HT developed was amazing. I feel like his Videssos fans are treated like the forgotten step children.

We are all entitled to our own opinions. At this point, I have read the first five books, and I have thoroughly enjoyed them. I agree they lean more on being fun than being necessarily deep, which fits in tone with the inspiring series, Horatio Hornblower. I am unsure exactly why you thought they were trashy-pulp. They are a fairly direct translation of the ‘wooden ships and iron men’ sub genre of military fiction, and as an attempt to bring that form into science fiction, I found them to have hit the mark. The people of Grayson are obviously Space Mormons, but I don’t know what other out of place Christian elements you are seeing. Beyond all else, I don’t think the existence of Christianity or any currently existing world religion in a future setting that explicitly includes earth is off putting. Frankly I find it more unbelievable when those influences are missing without some *very* good explanations.

Space Mormons? I completely missed that!

My favorites are the first two. There was something pure in the worldbuilding of the first book. The story of the second book introduced a lot of good wrinkles that followed naturally from what was laid out in book one. As you said, it would have been a satisfying end right there. I really enjoyed books 3 and 4, but each time it felt like the hard won victories of the previous books were unfairly stolen away. I am glad to hear book 5 is great!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Oh but I think I do

What proof?

@@abbeymur3360 The lady doth protest too much

@@RaldorIradon I just want to know that your statements are backed by evidence

I’d recommend starting with A Shadow Of All Nights Falling, which was the first published. Starting with the prequels won’t confuse you or spoil everything, but they definitely have some fun playing with the expectations you have from the original trilogy.

@@RaldorIradon would you recommend these books to someone who loved ASOIF?

@@jonahwebster1105 I definitely would. That first book doesn’t have the same broad and complex political environment, but the series definitely turns that way. Fantastic character work and interesting magic/mysterious mythology. The one thing I will warn you about is that the author glen cook wasn’t a fan of official maps for his books, so if you want to have a map to help keep track of where things are relative to one another, you will have to find a fan made one